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===Local community reactions===

The City of Costa Mesa, [[California]] filed a lawsuit in the Central District of California. Defendants include the United States of America., the Department of Health and Human Services .the United States Department of Defense, the United States Air Force, Centers for Disease Control, and the state of California Fairview Developmental Center, the California Governor's Office Emergency Services, and the California Department of General Services.  The City of Costa Mesa sought to temporarily restrain defendants and their agents, servants, employees, attorneys and acting in concert from transporting persons infected with or exposed to the corona virus to any place within Costa Mesa until an adequate site survey has been conducted.  The  petition reads

The City of Costa Mesa, [[California]] filed a lawsuit in the Central District of California. Defendants include the United States of America, the Department of Health and Human Services, the United States Department of Defense, the United States Air Force, Centers for Disease Control, the state of California Fairview Developmental Center, the California Governor's Office Emergency Services, and the California Department of General Services.  The City of Costa Mesa sought to temporarily restrain defendants and their agents, servants, employees, attorneys and all those in active concert from transporting persons infected with or exposed to the corona virus to any place within Costa Mesa until an adequate site survey has been conducted.  The  petition reads

{{quotebox|This highly communicable and deadly disease has no known vaccination or cure and has killed thousands. Its scope appears to be growing worldwide in an alarming rate.  US public health officials have sounded the alarm over a potential global pandemics.  The plaintiffs now seek to prevent Costa Mesa from becoming ground zero to a state and potentially nationwide public health crisis caused because the state and federal governments have not sought to include local officials and emergency personnel in the planning and execution of their efforts.

{{quotebox|This highly communicable and deadly disease has no known vaccination or cure and has killed thousands. Its scope appears to be growing worldwide at an alarming rate.  US public health officials have sounded the alarm over a potential global pandemic.  The plaintiffs now seek to prevent Costa Mesa from becoming ground zero to a state and potentially nationwide public health crisis caused because the state and federal governments have not sought to include local officials and emergency personnel in the planning and execution of their efforts.

The relief sought by the plaintiffs is modest. It seeks only to ensure that all necessary steps are taken to protect public safety, that first responders and health professionals receive the training they need to protect themselves and their community, and that the state and federal government stop acting under cover of darkness which would create greater panic and confusion among the population....  

The relief sought by the plaintiffs is modest. It seeks only to ensure that all necessary steps are taken to protect public safety, that first responders and health professionals receive the training they need to protect themselves and their community, and that the state and federal government stop acting under the cover of darkness, which would create greater panic and confusion among the population....  

Defendants intend to relocate from thirty-five to fifty patients already diagnosed with the corona virus from a secure location at Travis Air Force Base where they are isolated from population centers to Costa Mesa, a densely populated city within a County of over three million.  The defendants plan to do so without first determining the suitability of the facility where these individuals will be housed.  The defendants plan was announced at the eleventh hour with no efforts to include local leaders.  Fairview was previously used as a residential facility for individuals with disabilities that prevented them from living independently.  Fairview is a dilapidated complex surrounded by residential neighborhoods, busy thoroughfares, and popular recreation facilities.  It was not intended to house individuals infected with a highly contagious and deadly disease.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWJBJq-tVsc</ref>}}

Defendants intend to relocate from thirty-five to fifty patients already diagnosed with the coronavirus from a secure location on Travis Air Force Base where they are isolated from population centers to Costa Mesa, a densely populated city within a County of over three million.  And they plan to do so without first determining the suitability of the facility where these individuals will be housed.  The defendants' plan was announced at the eleventh hour, with no efforts to include local...leaders....   

 

Fairview was previously used as a residential facility for individuals with disabilities that prevented them from living independently.  Fairview is a dilapidated complex surrounded by residential neighborhoods, busy thoroughfares, and popular recreation facilities.  It was not intended to house individuals infected with a highly contagious and deadly disease.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWJBJq-tVsc</ref>}}

A judge denied a request by the city of Kent to block King County, [[Washington]] from using a downtown motel as a coronavirus quarantine site. The city argued they were not consulted beforehand.<ref>https://www.king5.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/kent-takes-legal-action-to-block-king-county-coronavirus-quarantine-motel/281-59679e4a-abbe-4286-a605-0bef4dd53aa3</ref>

A judge denied a request by the city of Kent to block King County, [[Washington]] from using a downtown motel as a coronavirus quarantine site. The city argued they were not consulted beforehand.<ref>https://www.king5.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/kent-takes-legal-action-to-block-king-county-coronavirus-quarantine-motel/281-59679e4a-abbe-4286-a605-0bef4dd53aa3</ref>